Beyond Chronic Illness with Louise Crooks

07/06/2022

This is helpful for anyone dealing with energy issues because of chronic illness.

Using spoon theory to break migraine stigma.

12/23/2021

Very true words…

04/05/2021

‘My worst nightmare is no longer to live in a state of chronic pain and dependency, but to resume my old belief that such a life is inferior.’

I will still have to face it with dignity.

03/15/2021

We all have heavy metals because literally everything we touch has heavy metals in it. And there are the bigger instances where heavy metals enters the body - and really all of it can create havoc in some form or another. It’s one of the reasons why so much chronic illness is so prevalent. I remember when I lived in London, having tuna almost every day! Now of course most of us know you don’t want to have too much because of the mercury content. So I’m doing some chelation with Anthony’s Heavy Metals Detox Smoothie! Thought you might like to give a try too.

MEDICAL MEDIUM HEAVY METAL DETOX SMOOTHIE

We are all exposed to toxic heavy metals today. Many people also come into this world with toxic heavy metals such as mercury they inherited through their family line. Toxic heavy metals can cause or contribute to countless health symptoms and conditions.

Enjoy this delicious smoothie daily to help safely and effectively remove heavy metals out of your brain and body.

HEAVY METAL DETOX SMOOTHIE

Ingredients:
2 cups of frozen wild blueberries Wyman's
1 cup cilantro
1 tsp spirulina Vimergy
1 tsp barley grass juice powder Vimergy
1 tbsp Atlantic dulse VitaminSea Seaweed
2 bananas
1 orange
1 cup water optional

Directions:
Combine the bananas, blueberries, cilantro, barley grass juice powder, spirulina, and dulse with the juice of one orange in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Add up to 1 cup of water if a thinner consistency is desired. Serve and enjoy!

Wild blueberries: Draw heavy metals out of your brain tissue, healing and repairing any gaps created by oxidation when the heavy metals are removed. The potent antioxidants in wild blueberries help reverse any oxidative damage left behind by the heavy metal removal. Wyman's

Barley grass juice extract powder: Has the ability to draw heavy metals out of your spleen, intestinal tract, pancreas, thyroid, and reproductive system. Barley grass juice extract prepares mercury for complete absorption by spirulina. Vimergy

Spirulina: Draws out heavy metals from your brain, central nervous system, and liver, and soaks up heavy metals extracted by barley grass juice extract powder. Vimergy

Cilantro: Goes deep into hard-to-reach places, extracting metals from yesteryear.

Atlantic dulse: Binds to mercury, lead, aluminum, copper, cadmium, and nickel. Atlantic dulse goes into deep, hidden places of the digestive tract and gut, seeking out mercury, binding to it, and never releasing it until it leaves the body. Atlantic dulse also serves as emergency backup, helping ensure that all the heavy metals that make it as far as the colon actually leave the body. VitaminSea Seaweed

11/22/2020

Give yourself a break and create your own rules... F&$k everyone else’s. 💗

I just read this on Quora and really liked the lesson

RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn’t get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.
I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn’t have much to ‘bring’ to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.
“What are you struggling with?” he asked.
I gestured around me and said “I dunno man. Life.”
Not satisfied with my answer, he said “No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?”
I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn’t want to say it.
I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.
But I didn’t.
So I told him, “Honestly? The dishes. It’s stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN’T do them because I’ll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand and scrub the dishes.”
I felt like an idiot even saying it.
What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I’m whining to my therapist about dishes?
But my therapist nodded in understanding and then said:

“RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.”

I began to tell him that you’re not supposed to, but he stopped me.
“Why the hell aren’t you supposed to? If you don’t want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist, so stop giving yourself rules.”
It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think I can properly express.
That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.
I felt like I had conquered a dragon.
The next day, I took a shower lying down.
A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the f**k they fit.
There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.
Now that I’m in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES.
RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!